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Meanings of confab in English

Portuguese
bate-papo
Catalan
xerrada
Spanish
confabulación

An informal conversation.

        bate-papo
        Portuguese
        bater papo
        Catalan
        xerrar
        Spanish
        charlar

        Talk socially without exchanging too much information.

            bater papo
            Portuguese
            consultar
            Catalan
            consultar
            Spanish
            consultar

            Have a conference in order to talk something over.

                  consultar
                  Usage of confab in English
                  1
                  Yet it's unlikely one will emerge from the U.N. climate change confab.
                  Reuters
                  2
                  He and the nurse are having a confab in the next room.
                  The Lion's Mouse
                  3
                  The young ladies were sitting by the emptied hampers, deep in confab.
                  Melbourne House, Volume 2
                  4
                  Once on the street a lively confab ensued, all talking at once.
                  Grace Harlowe's Junior Year at High School / Or, Fast Friends in...
                  5
                  Following this there was a jangling confab which was almost a riot.
                  Branded
                  6
                  Do you think, father dear, we could make a confab about him?'
                  'Me and Nobbles'
                  7
                  Nora and Ella were sitting on the table; in full confab.
                  Melbourne House, Volume 2
                  8
                  In early October, the In The City music confab takes place in Manchester.
                  The Irish Times
                  9
                  They are in Athens and they want an early morning confab out here.
                  Fire With Fire
                  10
                  You were in a confab with some sheep men over there.
                  David Lannarck, Midget / An Adventure Story
                  11
                  A December date for the confab was scrapped and never rescheduled.
                  Reuters
                  12
                  See if you can stay the night so they can confab.
                  Treecat Wars
                  13
                  Next month's two-day Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation confab has been ditched, too.
                  Reuters
                  14
                  But I need to have a little private confab with him.
                  All-Wool Morrison / Time -- Today, Place -- the United States, P...
                  15
                  Then it seems to me that some one is interposing, interrupting my confab.
                  Hunger
                  16
                  We kin confab here without bein' disturbed, you bet yer buttons.
                  Five Thousand Dollars Reward
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                  Confab through the time
                  Confab across language varieties
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